单词 | standardless |
释义 | > as lemmasˈstandardless ˈstandardless adj. having no standard or standards; unprincipled. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] unprincipled1644 improbous1657 little wortha1754 standardless1853 down and dirty1960 1853 Hogg's Instructor Dec. 456/2 The man who looks over the moral world, and discerns that it is an inexplicable chaos, a standardless battle, a sick and fevered dream. 1912 J. Galsworthy Inn of Tranquility 217 How can we help it, seeing that we are undisciplined and standardless, seeing that we started without the backbone that schooling gives? 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 2 Aug. 4/8 Such a subjective determination as is proposed here lacks the necessary standards to insure a nondiscriminatory result. The danger of discrimination which inheres in such a standardless approval is..evidenced by the determination in question here. 1993 R. Limbaugh See, I told you So xv. 190 Feel-good, standardless liberalism has taken the place of substance. < as lemmas |
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